I'm considering purchasing REX for FS9 but I am concerned about it working with Active Sky Evo, which I don't want to give up using as my weather program. Have any of you out there had experience in using these two together? If so, could you share your experience, pro's & con's? Thanks in advance!-Robert

They are mutually exclusive. You can use REX with ASE with no problem. You are not required to use the REX weather engine.

They are mutually exclusive. You can use REX with ASE with no problem. You are not required to use the REX weather engine.

I use Active Sky 6.5 and REX. Will not fly without them. I do not use the REX weather engine. The textures alone are worth EVERY penny spent on REX.Carl Perry 7+year sim pilot

I started using REX and ASE a few weeks ago and all I can say is WOW!! :( After years of using Real Environment Pro and Active Sky 6.5, I hadn't expected too much of a difference but . . . I mean . . . WOW!! :( However, in place of REX's water and for more realistic horizon haze blurring, I DO use both of the freeware files "RealWater" and "SoftHorizons", installing them AFTER I install REX's textures. You may want to try those files along with a newer freeware cloud texture file called "HD Environment" before you invest the $45+ USD in REX and see how those look to you. I've heard very good things about HD Environment's clouds, but I am (more than) perfectly happy with new the REX/ASE combo -- and I'm an old dog who hates change -- and I am more than happy to fully support any good payware developer still working with FS9!All three of those freeware files are available here in the AVSIM library. Be sure you come back and let us know what you decide and how things work out for you.

I can't think of a better way to fly. I tell REX where I'm flying from and to, it installs textures based on the current weather conditions, then I use ASE for my weather. I'm finding ASE to be much better after SP1.

It's a good combination. REX has excellent cloud textures, and it also has a weather engine, but if you use Active Sky's weather engine instead, which is dedicated to that task, it will employ your REX textures and then you'll have the best of both worlds. There is a review of Active Sky Evolution coming soon on Avsim by the way.Al

I use HD Environment's clouds v2.0 and I love it! and I use ASE for weather.

Thanks to all of you who responded to my original post, -extremely helpful explanation and advice! Thanks for bringing up HD environment but, I've pretty much decided to give REX a go, especially since I now understand that ASE and REX are mutually exclusive. I've been using Active Sky since they first came out with their first product years ago (before that, I believed I used FSMeteo, -anyone remember that one?), and wish to go on using it -ASE is excellent! I really like the water textures from Zinertek(?) that I'm currently using and will probably install it on top of REX eventually. The thing is that if I read correctly, REX is a nearly a 1gig download, -yow! I might have to have his one be put on disk and mailed to me this time around. Anyway, looking forward to it. Will chime in to let you know how it goes.cheers! -Robert

REX is indeed a big download, but I found that it came down the pipe pretty quick to be honest.Al

REX is indeed a big download, but I found that it came down the pipe pretty quick to be honest.Al

Thanks Al, I think that I'll give downloading a go. I don't know if I have the kind of patience to wait for the CD. Robert

Hi Robert,Just an FYI, our REX support forum is down currently and we are trying to resolve it asap, but you will need a few service packs available after you download REX/FS9. Please PM me here on AVSIM and I will get you the direct links.Regards,Tim

I started using REX and ASE a few weeks ago and all I can say is WOW!! :( After years of using Real Environment Pro and Active Sky 6.5, I hadn't expected too much of a difference but . . . I mean . . . WOW!! :( However, in place of REX's water and for more realistic horizon haze blurring, I DO use both of the freeware files "RealWater" and "SoftHorizons", installing them AFTER I install REX's textures. You may want to try those files along with a newer freeware cloud texture file called "HD Environment" before you invest the $45+ USD in REX and see how those look to you. I've heard very good things about HD Environment's clouds, but I am (more than) perfectly happy with new the REX/ASE combo -- and I'm an old dog who hates change -- and I am more than happy to fully support any good payware developer still working with FS9!All three of those freeware files are available here in the AVSIM library. Be sure you come back and let us know what you decide and how things work out for you.

I have been using HDE freeware and I also purchased REX and really still believe that it was definitely not worth all that money. Not to mention all the time it takes to get a few setup's made. I went back to HDE and I have just purchased the HDE Payware which is way better then the freeware version and really worth the price which is very low indeed. NICE WORK PABLO!!!........John (Just my 2 cents)......John

How to bring Environmental Realism to Flight Sim , Here u goo - - - >Real Environment Extreme(Sky , Cloud , Water Textures)Active Sky Evolution (Weather Engine)GroundEnvironment X (Ground Textures)Ultimate Terrain X (Ground Textures)Scenery Tech (Landclass)Fs Global 2010 (Mesh)If you have all of these. .......nothing else is neededAnd yes ..the airplanes of your choice..I personally do not have GEX , UTX and FS Global as they are of less use to me , I stay in India and unfortunately there are very few addons for my region .....yet my sim looks beautiful and realistic.

They are mutually exclusive. You can use REX with ASE with no problem. You are not required to use the REX weather engine.

Not trying to split hairs, just a comment because the use of the wording put me on the wrong track and might confuse others as well."mutually exclusive" is an "either or", meaning that things do NOT work together, so you can't use both at the same time.What you guys mean is "orthogonal", i.e., not influencing each other ;-)CheersChris

Sorry, English is my first language.